ImageMagick 7.0.8-43 Q16 coders/tiff.c WriteTIFFImage Image File out-of-bounds

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in ImageMagick 7.0.8-43 Q16. This impacts the function WriteTIFFImage of the file coders/tiff.c. Such manipulation as part of Image File leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2019-11597. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in ImageMagick 7.0.8-43 Q16 (Image Processing Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function WriteTIFFImage of the file coders/tiff.c. The manipulation as part of a Image File leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In ImageMagick 7.0.8-43 Q16, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in the function WriteTIFFImage of coders/tiff.c, which allows an attacker to cause a denial of service or possibly information disclosure via a crafted image file.

The bug was discovered 04/26/2019. The weakness was presented 04/29/2019 (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-11597 since 04/29/2019. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 176900 (Debian Security Update for imagemagick (DLA 1785-1)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Image Processing Software

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• ImageMagick

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• 7.0.8-43 Q16

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• open-source

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• Product: https://www.imagemagick.org/

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